Controlling sex in captivity : POWs and sexual desire in the United States during the Second World War /

Controlling Sex in Captivity' is the first book to examine the nature, extent and impact of the sexual activities of Axis prisoners of war in the United States during the Second World War. 0Historians have so far interpreted the interactions between captors and captives in America as the beginn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reiss, Matthias (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Temas:
1900-1999
Prisoners of war > Sexual behavior > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
Germans > Sexual behavior > United States > History > 20th century.
Italians > Sexual behavior > United States > History > 20th century.
Fraternization > History > 20th century.
Women and war > United States > History > 20th century.
Prisonniers de guerre > Sexualité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Allemands > Sexualité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Italiens > Sexualité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Fraternisation > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes et guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Fraternization
Women and war
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Historiography
  • Sources
  • Editorial comments
  • Encounters with the enemy
  • Attraction and pity
  • Hostile reactions
  • Controlling heterosexual desire
  • American women during the war
  • Initiating contact
  • The reasons for loosing the fight against fraternisation
  • African Americans
  • The failure of the non-fraternisation policy
  • Controlling same-sex desire
  • Policies on same-sex activities in the Axis and American armed forces
  • Same-sex activities in POW camps in the United States
  • American reactions to same-sex activities in POW camps.

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